Safety Monitoring System with In-Water and Above Water Monitoring Devices

1. A safety monitoring system operating at least in part within swimming pool waters, the safety monitoring system comprising: a mobility element; a rechargeable battery; a sensing element; processing circuitry that interacts with the sensing element to at least assist in identifying a potential drowning event before a potential victim enters the swimming pool waters; and communication circuitry that delivers information regarding the event.

2. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 wherein the communication circuitry delivers the information to an out of the water device.

3. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 further comprising a cleaning element.

4. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 further comprising a wireless charging element.

5. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 further comprising a speaker element operable upon the identification of the potential drowning event to deliver output in an attempt to deter the potential victim from entering the swimming pool waters.

6. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 , further comprising a mobility element with a solar charging element, and wherein the mobility element being operable to position the solar charging element to enhance charging rates.

7. The safety monitoring system of claim 1 having a buoy element.

8. A safety monitoring system operating in a swimming pool area that includes a swimming pool, the safety monitoring system comprising: a sensing element; processing circuitry that interacts with the sensing element to at least assist in identifying a potential drowning event in the swimming pool area before a potential victim enters the swimming pool; communication circuitry that delivers information regarding the potential drowning event; and speaker element operable upon the identification of the potential drowning event to deliver output in an attempt to deter the potential victim from entering the swimming pool.

9. The safety monitoring system of claim 8 wherein the identifying of the potential drowning event comprises identification of the potential victim as being unauthorized.

10. The safety monitoring system of claim 9 wherein the identification of the potential victim as being unauthorized comprises a failure of a face recognition process to identify the potential victim as being one of a plurality of previously authorized swimmers.

11. The safety monitoring system of claim 10 wherein a cell phone alert message is delivered upon detecting the failure.

12. The safety monitoring system of claim 8 wherein the sensing element comprises an image capture element.

13. The safety monitoring system of claim 8 wherein the potential victim comprises an animal.

14. The safety monitoring system of claim 8 wherein the delivery by the communication circuitry triggers an alert indication on a cell phone.